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Fossilised pollen reveals how forests can protect Lough Neagh and other waterways

By Alex Chepstow-Lusty, Research Associate, Geography, University of Sussex

Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland has been a dumping ground for soil, fertiliser and wastewater for centuries.

It is the largest body of freshwater in the British Isles and was once surrounded by extensive Atlantic woodlands – woodlands that covered almost all of Ireland between 8,000 and 6,000 years ago.

In recent research I carried out with my co-author – the late Julie…

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